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Fellowships

Department of Pediatrics
Bruce K. Rubin, M.Engr., M.D., M.B.A., FRCPC

Jessie Ball duPont Distinguished Professor and chair
Department of Pediatrics
Professor of biomedical engineering
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Physician-in-chief, Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU

Fellowship program leadership
Barry V. Kirkpatrick, M.D.

Professor and vice chair of academic affairs
Department of Pediatrics
Director of education

Suzanne R. Lavoie, M.D.
Professor of pediatrics and internal medicine
Chief, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Program director, Pediatric Core Residency Program

Russell Moores, M.D.
Associate professor
Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Pediatrics Fellowship education director

For more information
Jennifer Nelson-Dowdy

Pediatrics fellowship coordinator sr.
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU
Sanger Hall
1101 East Marshall Street , P.O. Box 980646
Richmond, Virginia 23298-0646
Phone: (804) 628-2616
Fax: (804) 628-5536
Email: jnelsondowdy@vcu.edu

Mission

As part of a major metropolitan medical center, the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU’s Pediatric Fellowship programs provide high-quality advanced training in specialty areas of pediatric research and practice. Graduates of our fellowship programs garner the knowledge, methods and skills that enable them to provide excellence and leadership in patient care, medical problem solving, research and education.

CHoR’s fellowship programs provide:

  • Collaboration with distinguished professors who practice innovative teaching and mentoring methods that inspire a desire for lifelong learning
  • Broad diversity of patients from underserved inner-city, rural and suburban communities
  • Curricula designed to develop critical-thinking skills in evolving biomedical and clinical sciences
  • A variety of opportunities to learn, develop and implement advanced research methods
  • An integrated training experience designed to teach fellows how to balance the multiple facets of their professional lives

CHoR offers fellowship programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education in:

CHoR seeks the most qualified applicants for all fellowship programs. View the university policy for selection and application PDF.